Given Imaging to Present at the JMP Securities Seventh Annual Research Conference


YOQNEAM, ISRAEL--(Marketwire - May 15, 2008) - Given Imaging (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced that Yuval Yanai, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the JMP Securities Seventh Annual Research Conference taking place May 19-21, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Yanai's presentation is scheduled for Monday, May 19 at 9:30 am PT, 12:30 pm ET.

To access a live webcast of this presentation, visit www.givenimaging.com and click 'About Given Imaging.' The webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section. A replay will be available for two weeks at the above-referenced website.

About Given Imaging Ltd.

Given Imaging is redefining gastrointestinal diagnosis by developing, producing and marketing innovative, patient-friendly products for detecting gastrointestinal disorders. The company's technology platform is the PillCam® Platform, featuring the PillCam video capsule, a disposable, miniature video camera contained in a capsule, which is ingested by the patient, a sensor array, data recorder and RAPID® software. Given Imaging has a number of available capsules: the PillCam SB video capsule to visualize the entire small intestine which is currently marketed in the United States and in more than 60 other countries; the PillCam ESO video capsule to visualize the esophagus; the Agile™ patency capsule to determine the free passage of the PillCam capsule in the GI tract and the PillCam COLON video capsule to visualize the colon that has been cleared for marketing in the European Union. PillCam COLON has received a CE Mark, but is not cleared for marketing or available for commercial distribution in the USA. More than 700,000 patients worldwide have benefited from the PillCam capsule endoscopy procedure. Given Imaging's headquarters, manufacturing and R&D facilities are located in Yoqneam, Israel. It has operating subsidiary companies in the United States, Germany, France, Japan, Australia and Singapore. Given Imaging's largest shareholders include Elron Electronic Industries (NASDAQ & TASE: ELRN). For more information, visit http://www.givenimaging.com.

Contact Information: For further information contact: Fern Lazar David Carey Lazar Partners Ltd. 1-866-GIVEN-IR